In this episode I speak with two Dja Dja Wurrung men about what they are doing to connect people to country and in doing that help protect it.
Harley Douglas is project manager on a project called Walking Together. It is a four year project looking at two sites. They are doing surveys of the flora and fauna in the parks, introducing cultural learning points and also asking for community input about these two parks.
Uncle Rick Nelson has been taking high school boys out bush to connect to them and strengthen community and also strengthen their understanding of this place and the culture that connects them to it.
Saltgrass is produced in Castlemaine, on Jaara country, home of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Links:
Some information about the Walking Together project:
From Connecting Country
From Parks Victoria
Djandak
Dja Dja Wurrung clans aboriginal corporation
About the Eltham Copper Butterfly
https://connectingcountry.org.au/education-resources/eltham-copper-butterfly-in-central-victoria/
Friends of Kalimna Park
About the Pink Tailed Worm Lizard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink-tailed_worm-lizard
Nalderun
Bendigo District Aboriginal Co-operative
Uncle Rick and the first coronavirus rap
Uncle Rick and the most recent corona virus rap
The episode mentioned with Aunty Julie McHale from earlier this season
The first episode of the Dja Dja Wurrung Radio series I did with Uncle Rick in 2016... the rest of the episodes follow on from this one. There are seven episodes.
S2 E24 Regenerative Agriculture
S2 E23 Conscious Clothing
S2 E22 Neighbourhood Houses and Climate
S2 E21 What is Z-NET?
S2 E20 The environmental cost of our digital world with Maikel Linke
S2 E19 Cam Walker and Friends of the Earth (FoE)
S2 E18 Deep Ecology and Non Violent Direct Action
S2 E17 Adani Coal Mine and its protesters
S2 E16 Natural Funerals
S2 E15 Deb Taylor - The Long Ride
S2 E14 In the Beginning - Nappies
S2 E13 Food Security - Local Food and Farmers Markets
S2 E12 Peter Yates and Deep Adaptation
S2 E11 Author Illustrators: Trace Balla and J M Rodier... and the virus v the environment (update)
S2 E10 Coronavirus and Human Signs
S2 E9 Upwelling - Art and Climate Change
S2 E8 Coping with Climate Change
S2 E7 When the River Runs Dry
S2 E6 Protest Part 2
S2 E5 Terry White
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